Overcome your free-motion fears! Wendy guides you step by step through a simple machine quilting process, from setting up a workspace to sandwiching, pin basting and binding. As you practice, first on paper, then with your machine, you'll build confidence in your machine quilting skills. Wendy teaches you the stipple stitch, outlining and easy curves before moving on to more adventurous designs, including zigzagging, continuous vines and continuous stars. You’ll also learn to mark your quilt with homemade stencils and special marking tools or forgo marking all together!

Lesson 7. Complex Free-Motion Quilting

Lesson 8. Thread Talk

A primer on choosing threads, proper spooling and setting machine tension. By the end, you'll have an addiction to thread!

23:32

Lesson 9. Whole Cloth Quilting & Troubleshooting

Learn solutions for some common quilting problems, including broken threads and needles, as well as tension trouble.

44:20

Lesson 10. Bindings & Finishing Touches

Add an easy border and binding, plus a rod pocket and a label with all the information to show off your artwork.

"I've really enjoyed this class. Wendy has lovely way of explaining things and I found the demonstrations of how to finish the quilts really helpful, as well as the quilting techniques themselves. Many thanks, Wendy!" - RosiePDevon, England

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Lesson plan

4:06

Lesson 1. Introduction

Meet award-winning quilter, teacher and author Wendy Butler Berns.

35:27

Lesson 2. Preparing Your Quilts

Learn about basting options and how to set up your sandwich and pin to baste.

25:05

Lesson 3. Stabilizing the Quilt

Choose the right thread, sew stabilizing lines with the “stitch-in-the-ditch” method and maneuver the quilt like a pro.

Lesson 7. Complex Free-Motion Quilting

Lesson 8. Thread Talk

A primer on choosing threads, proper spooling and setting machine tension. By the end, you'll have an addiction to thread!

23:32

Lesson 9. Whole Cloth Quilting & Troubleshooting

Learn solutions for some common quilting problems, including broken threads and needles, as well as tension trouble.

44:20

Lesson 10. Bindings & Finishing Touches

Add an easy border and binding, plus a rod pocket and a label with all the information to show off your artwork.

The instructor

Wendy Butler Berns, Instructor of Machine Quilting

Wendy is an award-winning teacher, quilter and the author of Photo Album Quilts. Her quilts have appeared in regional, national and international juried shows, including the International Quilt Show in Houston and the American Quilter's Society show in Paducah, KY. She received the Jewel Pearce Patterson scholarship for quilting teachers in 2009, and her articles have appeared in Quilting Arts, Quilters Newsletter and other publications. She teaches and lectures about the art of quilting at conferences, guilds and retreats across the country.

Ratings & reviews

Class rating

(271 reviews)

Learned even more!!

by paynede4152793 on June 20, 2015

I have been quilting 2 years. This class was so helpful to learn some of the finer points of quilting. Wonderful class. Loved Wendy as an instructor. Many thanks!!

I have been quilting 2 years. This class was so helpful to learn some of the finer points of quilting. Wonderful class. Loved Wendy as an instructor. Many thanks!!

New ideas

by PenePiper on April 18, 2015

This was a great class. It gave me many new ideas. Things I will try, to make my new machine quilting experience a success .

This was a great class. It gave me many new ideas. Things I will try, to make my new machine quilting experience a success .

Wonderful Class. Very Informative.

by dianelees2052561 on April 7, 2015

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by Mbrow on April 4, 2015

Great class for me. I love Wendy's style of teaching. I am a beginning quilter and this has been a godsend class for me , she has gone through all of the areas that I was concerned about in relation to the actual quilting process

Great class for me. I love Wendy's style of teaching. I am a beginning quilter and this has been a godsend class for me , she has gone through all of the areas that I was concerned about in relation to the actual quilting process

First Class

by Patti S on April 4, 2015

Very impressed with this class. Informative, clear instructions - learning a lot! Wish I had looked at this 2 quilts ago!

Very impressed with this class. Informative, clear instructions - learning a lot! Wish I had looked at this 2 quilts ago!